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I have suddenly become distracted with a new project. I think that the final few inches of the new rolling ball sculpture is just not quite right. This is making me want to do something else until I know how to fix it. My sister-in-law has some metal…
Continue reading[The finished version can now be seen on the artwork page.] I don’t know how many that I’ve made hence the number n! I’m working on this new one. It’s coming along nicely. The frame bars looked so good before anything was added that I considered just leaving…
Continue readingThis is totally different from all of my blog post these days. I generally post about computer stuff but I took a kayaking class and I wanted to document it in some way. I took a Surf Zone class for sea kayaking. It is a class to learn…
Continue readingThe Linkage program lets the user add linear actuators to a mechanism. These are drawn a little bit like a hydraulic cylinder or a similar motorized linear actuator. Simple Linear Actuator There is an interesting issue with these actuators. Actually, there is a bug in how the actuator…
Continue readingI only managed to get out kayaking once but it was worth it bring the kayaks to Long Beach. I wanted to get out more but it just didn’t work out. The latest trip was added to the kayaking map.
Continue readingI was just playing around with my circle art graphic script and thought that an interesting program might be one that uses a genetic parent child and genetic mutation mechanism to “decide” on the shape and style of the graphics. I would do this with reproduction mechanisms like…
Continue readingI am sitting in a giant conference room listening to a presentation about RNA something or other. The presenter is giving a presentation using PowerPoint and I see people taking pictures of the giant screen. My idea is to build in a feature to any wifi device where…
Continue readingI’m in Long Beach California at the annual ISMB conference. Most of the conference is about biology and/or bioinformatics. Although I write computer programs for a living, my day job is for a company that makes tools for the biotech industry. I’m sitting in a special interest group…
Continue readingI was sitting here trying to come up with a topic for a blog post. I could post about how the Windows Phone project is coming along and how cool it was to add a splash screen that says “Microsoft” on it. But having Microsoft use my app…
Continue readingI have been using a screen capture utility to create animations from my linkage mechanism simulator. It worked ok but creating the animation directly is a better choice. Fortunately, Windows provides all of the tools necessary to add this directly into the program. I added a Save Video…
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